Trade Union entry Federated Shipwrights of Australia (1916)

Summary

This small, skilled union whose members specialised in ship construction and ship repair, was first registered federally in January 1916 as the Federated Shipwrights of Australia. Just a few months later, in September 1916, it changed to the Federated Shipwrights' Ship Constructors' & Boat Builders' Association of Australia. By the end of 1917, in what was a tumultuous period, the union had changed again, this time to the Federated Shipwrights Ship Constructors Naval Architects Ships Draughtsmen and Boat Builders of Australia. This union operated until 1933 when it succumbed to a further name change: the Federated Shipwrights' & Ship Constructors' Association of Australia. Operating until 1976 the Federated Shipwrights' & Ship Constructors' Association amalgamated with the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union to form the Amalgamated Metal Workers' & Shipwrights' Union. When the Federated Moulders' (Metals) Union amalgamated in 1983, the union changed slightly to the Amalgamated Metals Foundry & Shipwrights' Union, but in 1985 reverted back to the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union. A 1991 amalgamation with the Association of Draughting Supervisory & Technical Employees created the Metals & Engineering Workers' Union. Two years later a further amalgamation with the Vehicle Builders Employees' Federation of Australia resulted in the Automotive Metals & Engineering Union. Finally in 1994 this union merged with the Confectionery Workers' & Food Preservers' Union to form the Automotive Food Metals & Engineering Union.

Related entries

Timeline

 1916 Federated Shipwrights of Australia
       1916 - 1917 Federated Shipwrights Ship Constructors & Boat Builders Association of Australia
             1917 - 1933 Federated Shipwrights Ship Constructors Naval Architects Ships Draughtsmen and Boat Builders of Australia
                   1933 - 1976 Federated Shipwrights & Ship Constructors Association of Australia
                         1976 - 1983 Amalgamated Metal Workers & Shipwrights Union
                               1983 - 1985 Amalgamated Metals Foundry & Shipwrights Union
                                     1985 - 1991 Amalgamated Metal Workers Union (ii)
                                           1991 - 1993 Metals & Engineering Workers Union
                                                 1993 - 1994 Automotive Metals & Engineering Union
                                                       1994 - 1995 Automotive Food Metals & Engineering Union
                                                             1995 - Automotive Food Metals Engineering Printing & Kindred Industries Union

Archival resources

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

• Federated Shipwrights & Ship Constructors Association of Australia - Records, 1874 - 1944, E88; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Shipwrights & Ship Constructors Association of Australia - Records, 1912 - 1954, E112; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details
• Federated Shipwrights & Ship Constructors Association of Australia - Records, 1894 - 1950, E82; The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Federated Shipwrights' and Ship Constructors' Association of Australia, Victorian Branch - Records, 1901 - 1975, 1983.0144; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Chart 15: Trade Unions - Manufacturing - Metals and Food', in Parties to the Award, 2002, http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/036.html. Details